RE: ABS Brakes

["Gann, Jeff" <Jeff_Gann@domain.elided>]

ABS does allow you to "tailgate" more than one would without it.  I never
had a 
problem in my vehicles without ABS.  I just think its cool if used properly.
My
76 Corvette doesn't have it, but with those beefy 4 wheel disc's, I have the
next
best thing.  It also helps that I have a clue about how to stop in hazardous

conditions, be it traffic, ice, snow, illegal aliens, etc.

I've seen enough wrecked vehicles in salvage yards that had ABS to know that
it will always come down to driver ability (except in the case of illegal
aliens).

Tom you can pick on me if you want.......It won't bother me.  In fact it's
what I
like....getting other peoples opinions, good or bad.  Life's a learning
experience,
if you don't keep an open mind, you stop learning.  Kind of defeats the
purpose.  

Jeff 

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Tom Mandera [SMTP:tsm1@domain.elided]
> Sent:	Wednesday, January 06, 1999 6:10 PM
> To:	Gann, Jeff
> Cc:	'IHC Digest'
> Subject:	Re: ABS Brakes
> 
> "Gann, Jeff" wrote:
>  
> > the stopping ability the GMC and the Jeep have had in a panic situation.
> In
> > any other vehicle I would have definitely been involved in a wreck or
> three,
> > but they have brought each of the afore-mentioned vehicles to a safe
> stop.
> > The only real danger has been the contents of the vehicle flying forward
> > into the dash and onto the floorboards.  I will have ABS on every new
> > vehicle I own going forward.  I'm fully aware of the shortcomings in the
> > brake systems of the old vehicles that I own that don't have ABS, and I
> > drive with extra room between me and the rest of the crazies that
> commute
> > with me each day.
> 
> Not picking on you, Jeff, but...
> 
> Why is this a recurring comment?  "If I didn't have ABS, I would've been
> in an accident".. I have yet to hear a "If I would have had ABS, I
> wouldn't have been in an accent" statement yet.
> 
> KNOW YOUR VEHICLE.  Know it's limits and capabilities.  Jeff even says -
> I drive with extra room between me and the rest of the crazies...
> 
> Does this mean ABS makes better tailgaters?  I always wondered why I was
> the only person that still has a "buffer zone" between me and the other
> rigs on the road when I'm on vacation in Seattle, Denver, Portland, or
> the 'Springs..  must be because I drive a Scout II without ABS...